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When war broke out in 1914, the German "Mediterranean Division" under Rear Admiral Wilhelm Souchon, consisting of the modern and fast battle cruiser "Goeben" and the small cruiser "Breslau", saved itself from pursuit and destruction by the British fleet in neutral Turkish ports. Here the two German warships were formally "sold" to Turkey and the German crews likewise formally entered "Turkish service", after which they demonstratively wore the fez, then considered typical Turkish, as military headgear. With a fire raid on several Russian Black Sea ports (Sevastopol, Novorossisk) on 28 October 1914, both "Turkish" ships and their German crews, with the approval of the Young Turkish army and navy leadership, caused the desired Russian declaration of war on Turkey on 2 November 1914.
From November 1914 until the end of the war in 1918, Turkey fought bravely on various fronts (Balkans, Dardanelles, Caucasus, Mesopotamia, Palestine) against the Russians, the British and the French and relieved the German Reich, which was under great military pressure in Central Europe, to no small extent.
One of the authors of such war memoirs was the Prussian staff officer Hans Guhr, who came from Silesia.
On 21 June 1916, Major Guhr left Berlin for Turkey, where on 27 July 1916 he took command of the hard-hit Turkish 29th Division on the Caucasus Front on the written instructions of the Turkish Sultan. It was here that the now Ottoman lieutenant colonel and division commander "Hans Guhr Bey" first came under the command of the Turkish general Mustafa Kemal Pasha (1881-1938). In 1916, Hans Guhr took command of the Turkish 1st Division (peacetime location Constantinople), which was considered the best of all Turkish divisions.
Guhr, who was promoted to Turkish colonel in July 1918, commanded that elite division until the end of October 1918.
Guhr still held various military functions after his return to Germany and, as a civilian and retired major general, wrote a number of military history studies and corresponding publications. The military historian Dr. Jürgen W. Schmidt supplemented the new edition with a newly added foreword.
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From November 1914 until the end of the war in 1918, Turkey fought bravely on various fronts (Balkans, Dardanelles, Caucasus, Mesopotamia, Palestine) against the Russians, the British and the French and relieved the German Reich, which was under great military pressure in Central Europe, to no small extent.
One of the authors of such war memoirs was the Prussian staff officer Hans Guhr, who came from Silesia.
On 21 June 1916, Major Guhr left Berlin for Turkey, where on 27 July 1916 he took command of the hard-hit Turkish 29th Division on the Caucasus Front on the written instructions of the Turkish Sultan. It was here that the now Ottoman lieutenant colonel and division commander "Hans Guhr Bey" first came under the command of the Turkish general Mustafa Kemal Pasha (1881-1938). In 1916, Hans Guhr took command of the Turkish 1st Division (peacetime location Constantinople), which was considered the best of all Turkish divisions.
Guhr, who was promoted to Turkish colonel in July 1918, commanded that elite division until the end of October 1918.
Guhr still held various military functions after his return to Germany and, as a civilian and retired major general, wrote a number of military history studies and corresponding publications. The military historian Dr. Jürgen W. Schmidt supplemented the new edition with a newly added foreword.
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- Books (first-hand)
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- Guhr, Hans
- Title
- Ein "Preuße" als türkischer Divisionskommandeur in Kleinasien und Palästina
- Details
- 39 photos and 2 maps. 316 pp.
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